The checkoff is inviting college students to develop new products in line with current consumer and industry trends, with $27,000 in cash prizes up for grabs.
Despite cost and inflation concerns, trend reports note rising demand among many consumers for foods with functionality, such as those that can help bolster the immune system. Many brands are responding.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand for local products in France and could have a positive effect on the development of functional foods, according to Mintel.
Consumers may want healthier, better-for-them products, but that doesn’t mean they want food or beverages that taste healthier and better-for-them, which is why the taste and nutrition company Kerry predicts that nostalgic, indulgent flavors will become...
The health department of the second-largest Canadian province sees the move as essential to mitigating risks of accidental ingestion – especially for children.
Mexican students are transforming acidic agave waste from tequila production into a nutritious high-fiber flour. “We will create a new product to combat obesity and also have a cleaner Mexico,” they say.
Functional elements, repurposing waste ingredients, emphasis on plant-based and eco-friendly processes and packaging – these are the key elements of what today’s food technology students consider important for innovative snacks.
In the first part of this exclusive interview, Beneo Group executive board member, Yves Servotte, explains how European Union health claim rules have informed strategic thinking at one of Europe’s biggest and most vocal ingredient vendors.
The European Commission is funding to strengthen innovation in
functional and health foods in the food industry, with
opportunities to join still open.
UK functional food company Provexis says a growing pipeline of
functional food products will change its fortunes, as it reports
growing losses from its Altu healthy cereal bar.
Opportunities for food manufacturers and ingredients firms are set
to burgeon in the UK functional food marketplace with new Mintel
research forecasting that the £835 million market will double in
the next five years to £1.7 billion....
Flavours and extracts firm Frutarom has gained the worldwide
marketing rights to a range of natural antioxidants made by
Israel's RAD Natural Technologies, boosting its offering to health
and functional food makers.
